Project students at GEOIDE conference

Three students are presenting their research at the GEOIDE Annual Scientific Conference (Calgary, June 2010) on behalf of our project:

• Steven Chung (BA, MSA, PhD candidate, Ryerson University - financial advisor, GEOIDE Student Network) gives an overview of the entire project during the "GEOIDE Project Presentations". He also presents a poster on "The Potential of the Participatory Geoweb for Public Engagement and Decision-Making in Climate Change Issues".
• Jacqueline Young (BComp, MSA, PhD candidate, Ryerson University - coordinator of GEOIDE Summer School 2010) participates in the GEOIDE Student Network's "Student Showcase" with a talk on "Increasing the Utilization of Geovisual Analytics for Health Policy Decision-Making".
• Blake Walker (BA candidate, Ryerson University) presents a poster on "Developing an Online Community Resource Map to Engage Marginalised Populations".

Post-conference update: Jacqueline won the second prize for her presentation in the GSN Showcase, and Steven won third place in the "Best Poster Award" competition (see http://www.geoide.ulaval.ca/awardsprizes.aspx#2010). Blake volunteered to be the 2010/11 coordinator of the GEOIDE Student Network. Congratulations to all three!

Another update: The students' presentations and posters are now attached below.